Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the suspect in the deadly school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, May 18, 2018.

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Galveston County Sheriff's Office via Associated Press

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the suspected gunman in the Santa
Fe High School shooting in Texas, reportedly yelled out
"surprise" before firing his weapon.

After his arrest, Pagourtzis confessed to the killings
and said he did not shoot students he liked because he wanted
to get his story told, according to an affidavit issued by the
state of Texas.

At least 10 people were killed and another 10 were
injured.

Seventeen-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the suspected gunman who killed at
least 10 people and injured another 10 at the Santa Fe High
School in Texas, reportedly yelled out "surprise" before firing
his weapon, according to a freshman student interviewed by a
KRIV reporter on Friday.

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Pagourtzis, a student of the high school, reportedly walked into
an art class between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. local time and opened
fire with a shotgun. At around 8:00 a.m., Pagourtzis surrendered
to law-enforcement officers.

After his arrest, Pagourtzis waved his Miranda rights and
confessed to the killings, and said he did not shoot students he
liked because he wanted to get his story told, according to
an affidavit issued by the state of Texas.

A second person of interest was also taken into custody but was
not identified.

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Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called the shooting "one of the most
heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas
schools," and described the suspect "evil."

Abbott noted that officials
had reason to believe there was a "potential for explosive
devices" located nearby after "various kinds of explosives" were
found.

In addition to a carbon dioxide device and a Molotov cocktail
that were reportedly found in Pagourtzis's home and vehicle, a
law-enforcement official also confirmed to MSNBC that four pipe bombs were
discovered at the high-school.

The shooting comes amid an ongoing national discourse over gun
control and mass shootings. A similar high-school shooting
occurred in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, leaving 17 people
dead and prompting a national debate over US gun laws.